Small Business Saturday saw a surge of customers for many of Tallahassee’s homegrown stores and shops. One of these was a store in Railroad Square that combined creativity and cats. The Fat Cat Book Store had invited a number of local entrepreneurs to set up shop amidst the book shelves and resident felines. Painter Ana Mendez had several works on display, all showing a firm command of natural realism.
“I was really inspired one day. I was out in nature and I saw this yellow butterfly and I couldn’t stop thinking about it. And then I love painting hearts and I made a heart-shaped-heart,” she explained, indicating a cardiac image which was medically accurate in every detail. Nearby, Ashley Green, the creator of Re-Candled-Kindled was showing off her handcrafted sources of illumination.
“Each candle is extremely unique, specifically because of the vessel and the way the scent was forumulated in…
